Creative Lead

Art/Creative Lead

We are seeking a highly creative and strategic Art / Creative Lead to lead our clients Art Department within a fast-paced events and experiential agency environment.

This role will drive ideation, concept development, and creative execution across live events, brand activations, installations, and experiential campaigns. The successful candidate will lead a team of graphic designers and 3D visualisers, ensuring all creative output is innovative, on-brand, and commercially viable.

This is both a conceptual and leadership role, combining hands-on creativity with team direction and creative strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Creative Leadership

Lead concept development for live events, brand activations, and experiential campaigns. Translate briefs into strong creative narratives and visual directions, overseeing mood boards, style frames, renders, and presentations while ensuring alignment with brand strategy.

• Team Management

Mentor and manage graphic designers and 3D visualisers, allocate projects effectively, maintain quality control, and foster a collaborative, high-performing creative culture.

• Concept & Design Development

Lead ideation sessions and develop spatial concepts for event environments and installations. Collaborate closely with production and technical teams to ensure feasibility, guiding event branding, stage design, scenic elements, and digital assets.

• Client & Business Engagement

Support client meetings, pitches, proposals, and competitive tenders. Confidently present and defend creative rationale.

• Quality & Innovation

Stay ahead of experiential and spatial design trends, elevate creative output, and introduce new tools and methodologies.

Required Skills & Experience

• 7+ years of experience in an agency or experiential environment
• Strong portfolio demonstrating event design, brand activations, and spatial concepts
• Experience leading and mentoring creative teams
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite
• Strong understanding of 3D visualisation workflows
• Ability to balance creativity with commercial and production realities
• Strong presentation and communication skills

Personal Attributes

Visionary with strong aesthetic judgment, decisive, collaborative, and comfortable in a fast-paced agency setting. Resilient under pressure and genuinely passionate about experiential design and live events.

Performance Indicators

High-quality, original creative output, strong team development, satisfied clients with successful pitches, and efficient concept-to-execution delivery.